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"We are doing it all day, all night." Veteran meteorologist shares inside look at grueling weather research in the Arctic: ...
Reigning as the largest land predators, polar bears are the true kings of the Arctic. With body lengths reaching up to 3 ...
Hidden Planet Arctic animals are battling more diseases in recent decades. Here’s why. Stories have surfaced of animals such as polar bears fighting off new diseases, and sometimes losing that ...
Just how and when polar bears adapted to the Arctic is still debated. In this study, a team analyzed the genomes of 119 modern polar bears, 135 modern brown bears, and two fossilized polar bears.
The polar bear capital of the world is threatened by a warming arctic. Watch the full original documentary "On the Edge" here.
You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...
More than polar bears are threatened in this changing gateway to the Arctic, where warmer waters melt sea ice earlier in the year and the open ocean lingers longer.
The polar bears at the Buffalo Zoo are kept comfortable in the hottest months of the year with climate controlled habitats and always-cool swimming pools.
A study warns that if humans fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, most populations of Arctic polar bears could struggle to survive beyond 2100.
The image of a polar bear adrift on a melting mini iceberg in Al Gore’s 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” probably did ...
We were camped in the Northwest Territories conducting research when our camp dog started barking. Then the polar bear ...
P olar bears are the Arctic's ultimate survivors, perfectly adapted to one of the harshest environments on Earth. With thick fur, powerful paws, and incredible hunting skills, these majestic creatures ...